Surf Surname

775,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 366 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Surf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel3171:26,9963,934
Jamaica251:114,7984,448
Cuba101:1,152,2726,837
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
England41:13,929,515290,718
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Surf (136) may also be a first name.

Surf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Surf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Surf (Arabic: سارف, Russian: Сурф) is more commonly found in Israel than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Surf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 775,315th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. The surname Surf is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Surf reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. Surf is also the 794,286th most widespread first name in the world, held by 136 people.

Surf is most common in Israel, where it is carried by 317 people, or 1 in 26,996. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 33 percent live, Southern District, where 29 percent live and Northern District, where 14 percent live. Besides Israel it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 7 percent live and Cuba, where 3 percent live.

Surf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Surf has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saurf894/
Shurf894/
Surfs893/
Surff892/
Ssurf891/
Surft890/
Schurf8030/
Shurfs801/
Shurff800/
Sorf75267/
Surv7565/
Surb7553/
Jurf7523/
Zurf7518/
Curf751/
Schurpf7334/
Schurff7310/
Schuerf732/
Saurv6787/
Shorf6759/
Shurb6752/
Sourb6746/
Shirf6722/
Szorf6718/
Sourv6713/
Schuerpf6711/
Shurv674/
Surph672/
Surbh672/
Saurb672/
Schuerff671/
Xurff671/
Churf671/
Survh671/
Survs671/
Zurfh671/
Sujrw671/
Zurfe671/
Jurfe670/

Surf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Surf in the Russian language
Сурфsurf-
Surf in the Arabic language
سارفsarf-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Surf
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